Graham Scambler

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Graham Scambler is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham Scambler has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in General Health Professions, 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Graham Scambler's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (11 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (9 papers). Graham Scambler is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (11 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (9 papers). Graham Scambler collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Graham Scambler's co-authors include Anthony Hopkins, Gillian Craig, Priscilla Alderson, Lewis Spitz, Paul Higgs, Nadia Robb, Trisha Greenhalgh, Aksel Tjora, Sasha Scambler and A Hopkins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Graham Scambler

86 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Being epileptic: coming to terms with stigma

1986 553 citations Graham Scambler, Anthony Hopkins Sociology of Health & Illness profile →
Health‐related stigma

2009 458 citations Graham Scambler Sociology of Health & Illness profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Graham Scambler United Kingdom	34	1.4k	1.1k	802	770	537	91	4.0k
Jessica Datta United Kingdom	25	1.1k 0.8×	706 0.7×	802 1.0×	779 1.0×	342 0.6×	51	3.5k
Kirstin Mitchell United Kingdom	31	1.3k 0.9×	843 0.8×	963 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	238 0.4×	144	3.5k
Juliet Richters Australia	41	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	823 1.0×	1.8k 2.4×	742 1.4×	141	4.9k
Laurie J. Bauman United States	36	1.7k 1.2×	625 0.6×	345 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	485 0.9×	106	4.2k
Alice Yuen Loke Hong Kong	40	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	340 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	597 1.1×	153	5.7k
Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud United States	36	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	228 0.3×	1.2k 1.5×	416 0.8×	205	3.7k
Marian Pitts Australia	42	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	677 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	1.4k 2.7×	214	6.0k
Elizabeth R. Woods United States	37	1.4k 1.0×	702 0.7×	248 0.3×	1.7k 2.2×	592 1.1×	148	4.7k
Jane K. Burke-Miller United States	27	1.5k 1.1×	469 0.4×	499 0.6×	699 0.9×	529 1.0×	76	3.7k
Karen A. McDonnell United States	26	1.5k 1.0×	709 0.7×	356 0.4×	641 0.8×	288 0.5×	55	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Graham Scambler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graham Scambler

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scambler, Graham, et al.. (2025). Disability stigma resistance by parents at the intersection of psychosocial and structural levels. Social Science & Medicine. 376. 118097–118097. 2 indexed citations

Scambler, Graham, et al.. (2025). Whither sociological theory in the health field?. Social Theory & Health. 23(1).

Scambler, Graham. (2023). Critical realism and ‘downward causality’: professional rugby union as an extreme sport. Journal of Critical Realism. 22(2). 161–172. 1 indexed citations

Tjora, Aksel & Graham Scambler. (2020). Communal Forms : A Sociological Exploration of Concepts of Community. 4 indexed citations

Broom, Alex, Jennifer Broom, Emma Kirby, & Graham Scambler. (2015). The path of least resistance? Jurisdictions, responsibility and professional asymmetries in pharmacists' accounts of antibiotic decisions in hospitals. Social Science & Medicine. 146. 95–103. 37 indexed citations

Scambler, Graham, Sasha Scambler, & Ewen Speed. (2014). Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century. Social Science & Medicine. 123. 210–216. 7 indexed citations

Scambler, Graham. (2014). Medical Sociology in the Twenty-First Century. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 43(2). 155–160. 1 indexed citations

Scambler, Graham, Paul Higgs, Richard Levinson, & Ruth Graham. (2013). Ten Year Anniversary Issue. UCL Discovery (University College London).

Scambler, Graham. (2012). Resistance in Unjust Times: Archer, Structured Agency and the Sociology of Health Inequalities. Sociology. 47(1). 142–156. 27 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham. (2010). Epilepsy, stigma and quality of life.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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Greenhalgh, Trisha, Nadia Robb, & Graham Scambler. (2006). Communicative and strategic action in interpreted consultations in primary health care: A Habermasian perspective. Social Science & Medicine. 63(5). 1170–1187. 136 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham. (2006). Jigsaws, models and the sociology of stigma. Journal of Critical Realism. 5(2). 273–289. 2 indexed citations

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Craig, Gillian & Graham Scambler. (2005). Negotiating mothering against the odds: Gastrostomy tube feeding, stigma, governmentality and disabled children. Social Science & Medicine. 62(5). 1115–1125. 57 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham & Paul Higgs. (1998). Modernity, medicine, and health : medical sociology towards 2000. Routledge eBooks. 38 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham & Paul Higgs. (1998). Modernity, Medicine and Health: Issues Confronting Medical Sociology Towards 2000. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham, et al.. (1998). From old to new public health: Role tensions and contradictions. Critical Public Health. 8(2). 141–151. 13 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham, et al.. (1996). Towards an evaluation of the effectiveness of an epilepsy nurse in primary care. Seizure. 5(4). 255–258. 36 indexed citations

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Scambler, Graham & Anthony Hopkins. (1986). Being epileptic: coming to terms with stigma. Sociology of Health & Illness. 8(1). 26–43. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scambler, Graham, et al.. (1981). Kinship and friendship networks and women's demand for primary care.. PubMed. 31(233). 746–50. 42 indexed citations

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Hopkins, Anthony & Graham Scambler. (1977). HOW DOCTORS DEAL WITH EPILEPSY. The Lancet. 309(8004). 183–186. 77 indexed citations

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